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At just 12 years old, Sharbat Gula was living in a refugee camp in Pakistan, attending school in a tent. It was there that photographer Steve McCurry captured the striking portrait of her with piercing green eyes—a photo that would become one of the most famous magazine covers in history when it appeared on National Geographic a year later.

In a remote French village the wives loved their husbands so much they couldn't bear with the idea of letting him stay away from home for longer than necessary. Add to that they were unwilling to share him with unknown women.

A young extra-ordinarily beautiful Swedish woman decided to advertise offering herself as wife for a rich husband.